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Rishi Sunak’s report finds low-traffic neighbourhoods work and are popular
(www.theguardian.com)
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Hey for those of us who are not vested in UK politics, where does Sunak stand on this? Does he have an opinion or is he vaguely wandering around the middle hoping that no one realizes he doesn't really care?
He is terrified of upsetting the car lobby. As Chancellor of the Exchequer he kept the fuel duty freeze which has so far robbed the Exchequer of £100 billion pounds since it was introduced in 2011.
And he lives in a low traffic neighbourhood himself, it's not like people are driving up and down Downing Street all day, since it's gated at both ends.
Now I just have this image of some chav ripping down Downing Street in shit box Saxo at 2 am.
Hey maybe a weird question, but since you mentioned it…Chancellor of the Exchequer. Is that just the UK's fancy name for what other countries call "Treasurer"? Or is it a significantly different role?
Yes. Minister in charge of the money and the country's budget.
I'm not sure Downing Street really counts as an LTN in a meaningful sense though, because people aren't just walking and riding up and down the street either.
The article mentions that he commissioned this report with the hope that he could use it to sink the idea of LTNs and stop their rollout and/or remove them where they've been installed.
Remember that unlike countries like America and Australia, the UK is a unitary state, and Westminster has a significant amount of power to tell local councils what they can and can't do.